Photo taken Wednesday, March 24.
Canon EOS 30D - RAW file
Nifty Fifty - 50mm f/1.8 mk i
Canon Speedlite 580EXII on a ETTL flash cord
ISO 100 - f/4.0 - 1/60sec.
I wanted to create a heart-shaped shadow and a romantic-looking image with things that I could reach from my office chair. I popped off my favorite ring (pink tourmaline) and used a tiny piece of tape to stand it up between the pages of "Under the Dome" by Stephen King. I used the off-camera flash to create the shadow by holding it behind the ring and pointing it towards the camera; it took about 30 tries to get the right shape, framing, and exposure. I added some clarity in Lightroom, and removed the tape in Photoshop.

I took my iPhone 3GS and used packing tape to tape it to the floor at an angle (which slightly distorted part of the outer shadow). I then turned all the lights in my room off and positioned a single desk lamp directly behind the phone to cast a shadow toward my camera. I used a small LED light to shine on the Apple Logo to reflect it onto the paper but it didn't appear on the back of the phone (along with the writing all iPhones have) due to a lack of light. I took a number of pictures and this one turned out best.
Hand Held Nikon D300s
AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G
ISO 400
Aperture: f/5.6
-Andon Espeseth

The camera was tilted down from a tripod on the top shelf of my computer desk. The light is from four LCD monitors.
DSLR Camera Remote (onOne Software) on my iPhone to take the self portrait.
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi w/ Canon EFS 55-200mm lens.
f/5.6
1/6 sec.
ISO-400
74mm
4.375 aperture
No Flash.
-Ben Goos

taken on my iphone
standard settings
im a crap photographer
it looks ok on the iphone but crap on the computer
but i submitted it anyway
taken from my office uk
springs almost here!!
-Bilal Razaq

I used a canon 450D, 50mm and 16-35mm.
-Duy Long HA

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
48.0mm
1/320s
f/5.6
ISO: 100
I took this shot on the top of my apartment building (running track) with the shadows of the pool fence shining on it. The shot is straight from the camera, no touch-ups or color adjustments
-Jonathan Cohn

I used the Canon 7D with a stock lens and used a ISO of 1600 and a shutter speed of 1/60 of a second.
-Tyson Junkers

Shot with a Canon EOS 500D and 18-55mm Kit Lens, 2sec, f/5
Playing around with long exposures, like the way the car has disappeared from the shot leaving all of the harsh shadows created by the headlights.
-Charlie Davis

I shot this using a Pentax K1000 SLR on Kodak Tri-X FILM! I used the SMC Pentax-A 50 mm lens at f/16, ISO 400 and shutter speed of 1/250. I did the print in the darkroom myself and then scanned in on a Photosmart C8180.
-Dave DuFour

Crescent Wrench detail
Canon Powershot SD 1100 IS
Shot this in macro mode with a 2.5 second exposure. I stacked a number of photos at different focus lengths with CombineZM to create this image.
-Robert Kalnitz

Pentax K100D Super on a tripod with kit 18-55mm lens
Exposure- 1.6 seconds
F-Stop 7.1
ISO-200
43mm focal length
used long exposure and flashgun fired by hand and to the left of the camera
the angle was low to enhance the details of the shadows behind and around the cards
-Ben Hay

Endless Words
Canon Rebel Xsi with 18-55 mm lens
Every weeknight the University of Houston lights the sculpture known as A,A and it illuminates the outer part of the library with shadows and words in several languages.It's quite a sight to see.
I used a pole to help minimize movement. The shot was taken with the exposure time of 1/2 second,an fstop of 11 and iso setting of 1600
-Jairo Razo

ISO 4000
F3.3
1/15
I wanted to shoot something with shadows, but I also wanted to get some color in the shot. The subject is a one inch tall rubber dinosaur I bought at the Field museum. It's sitting on my coffee table with a blue light behind a sheet of perforated aluminum. The second light source is a small mag lite with a magenta gel over it. I shot it with a Panasonic Lumix TS-1 in macro mode. I put the camera on an imitation gorilla pod.
-Phil Gullett

I took this shot of a skeleton marionette I got in Mexico, during El Día de los Muertos. It's hanging from a stool on top of wood flooring, with a light from a bright street lamp shining in through the shutters. I wanted to play with not only the existence of shadows, but shadows as a theme as well.
f/22 - 1/1s - ISO 400 - 18-55@50mm - Canon Rebel XS
-modest mouse

This was a multi-purpose photo, I took it to start off my 365 Days as well as incorporate the challenge of working with shadows. I used a Nikon D40 with a 35mm f/1.8 lens, 1/100 at f/5.0, ISO200 with the only lighting the wax lamp which at it's centre contained a energy saving fluorescent bulb. My 365 Day journey starts here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leighmcculloch/sets/72157623706689972/
-Leigh McCulloch

Photograph shot while taking a drive through Al-Dhaid Road in U.A.E., sun was setting and the haze gave out a natural fade from gold to green in the sky and silhouette of the dunes in the distance, blurry foreground was intentional to give some sort of depth. Temperature and contrast adjusted in the camera.
Camera was a 7D at ISO 200, 44mm, f5.0, shutter speed 1/2500
-Hamed Ali

Happened serendipitously…. Was actually trying to capture the image of the dome, which was actually well-lit from the natural light
Dome of a church in Rome
Canon EOS 1000D/Rebel XS
18-55mm kit lens
ISO: 125
Exposure: 1/25 sec
-Ninad Dalal

Camera: Canon S3IS
f/stop: f/5
Exposure time: 1/6 sec
Aperture: 2.875
Focal length: 7mm
I was studying graphic design and had to take a picture to make sure i understood the term "motion" for a project. Taken at my balcony on a stormy day.
-Cindy Huang

Shot using a Nikon D5000 with the standard Nikkor 18-55mm VR kit lens. Unfortunately I do not remember the exact settings at the time! I had a few other viable options, but I feel that this submission is bit more unique and embodies the start of Spring.
-Marton Gergely

This is a shot of the band "the xx" opening their show at the Big Ears Festival.
I used an iphone to take this cuz that is all I had with me. Instead of leaving the noise in the photo from the darkness I used a slight blur to smooth the image out a little.
-Brett Winston

Camera: Lubitel-2
Film: Ilford XP2 Super, 400 ISO
Shot: @ 50 mm f/5.6
Scanner: Canon 8800F
The photograph was taken when the shadows from the window blinds reflected on my body when sitting and working at home on Thursday morning. I positioned the camera on my desk and used my iphone to elevate the lens upwards. Have titled it "The Shadow Prisoner 3891".
-Babak Niai Tizkar

This image was shot using a Nikon D3000 with a Nikkor 18-55mm lens. Settings were F 22, 1/1250, focal length 18 and set in program mode with a +1 exposure setting. The shot was taken in Boston, MA at the Christen Science Plaza.
-Michael Shea

handheld Canon Rebel XT f/4.5 1/1600 ISO 200 22mm focal length. it was about 4:30PM in a parking garage near where i work
-Noah Garbarino

I used a LG mobile phone, with a 5 megapixel camera.
-Andrew Weekes

Nikon D5000
Landscape Mode
In San Francisco on the street
kneeled down to take the shot
-Corbin Walp

For this shot I took two Nike shoe boxes and lit them with a lamp behind some netting that I had lying around.
I used the following settings on my Fujifilm FinePix S9100: ISO-200, F/6.5, 2 sec exposure
-Matthew Recker

This was taken on my balcony. It took several attempts to get the cat to sit still, but I finally got this one.
Canon EOS 40D
Shutter speed: 1/640
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 18mm
-Gregg McClurg

for this collaboration shoot Dylan and I decided to portray a classic horror silhouette. We were inspired by the shower scene in the Hitchcock classic, Psycho. The flair of gore was added to make things a little more modern and exciting.
We used a Niko D50 with an 18-55mm lens. ISO 400, shutter 1/60, f/3.5
-Carson Sanders

It looks like an atmospheric entry scene from a B-grade 1960's sci-fi-on-acid flick, but it's the shadow cast by a streetlamp through a stained-glass window. 6 second exposure at f4.5 and ISO1000 using a Canon T1i.
-B Drew Collier

Shot with a Canon 7D and a 50mm lens. And a knucklehead. Played with in Photoshop Elements 6. Knucklehead made it a three-sucker shoot.
-Darren Kramer

Shot with a Nikon D90, AF-S NIKKOR 18-200 f/3.5-5.6G ED VRII lens
A 1/1250, F 4.2, ISO "Lo 0.3"
Used Photoshop PS 4 to resize for thumbnail.
No alterations including White Balance were made except for resizing image and cropping the larger image.
The picture was taken while walking on the Stanford college campus.
-Robert Bejarano

ISO 3200
Canon T2i with a Sigma17-70 F/2.8-4.0
1/8 Shutter
Was trying to get a photo for Earth Day and Niagara Falls is too good for the Earth so I stood there in disappointment. At least I got this out of it....
The only post that was done was a little noise reduction and sharpening from Lightroom 3 Beta.
-Stan Deeks

On the picture are some chinese checkers game pieces on a table, lit by a single candle.
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Sigma 30mm/1.4
Exposure: 1/8 sec
Aperture: F4.5
ISO: 200
Adjusted the saturation / contrast in iPhoto
-Stefan Misslinger

The setup for the shot was quite simple: a dark room, a clean desk, a cross-hatched wine glass filled with water and a LED flashlight propped up on some books. Minor contrast corrections done in GIMP.
Shot using:
Nikon D90
Older 50 mm f/1.8
ISO 200
1/60 sec exposure
-Ademir Vrolijk

I thought the shadows cast by my caving headlamp looked pretty cool on this houseplant. To me it kinda makes it look like there are more plants than were actually present, and the neon blue color adds a sort of science-y jungle sort of vibe.
Camera Model: Sony a200
Lens and focal length: Sony 18-70mm at 28mm
Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1 Second
Sensitivity: ISO 400
Post processing: Upped the blue hue, slight contrast boost, and adjusted dark and mid levels
-Zach Jones

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX @ f/11
ISO200 @ 1/100s
Matrix metering
Auto WB
Took this on my motorcycle while out riding. The bus has an advert
for FORTHEINJURED.COM which was ironic given what I was doing and how
I captured this.
-Richard Foshee

Show with a D5000 and the 18-55mm kit lens at 200ISO on a beautiful day.
-Mike Downey

I made this picture last Friday, at the department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh.
I made it with a Canon, PowerShot SX110 IS camera. I chose to underexpose the shot one step to get more contrast between the black and white areas.
From all the pictures I made that day I selected this one because I found very interesting how the neon lamp is the only color in the shot, at the top of the stairs as if someone is inviting us to explore more.
-Roxana Gheorghiu